Parsons Boulevard & 37th Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and 37th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing is 190 feet away, and Bowne Street Community Church is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/Parsons Blvd, is 450 feet away for the Q12, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Northern Blvd/Parsons Blvd · Q12
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 3 nursing homes or hospices and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & 37th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Parsons Blvd, 450 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/Parsons Blvd Q12 · Shelter
    450 feet
    Q12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    360 feet
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 37th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 37th Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1661 and 1785.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shield Institute of Flushing School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    250 feet

Health care

  1. The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    190 feet
  2. Sapphire Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing of Central Queens Nursing home or hospice
    770 feet
  3. Long Island Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kingsland Homestead Historic site · landmark · listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. Weeping Beech Tree Listed historic place
    520 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bowne Street Community Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.